In 1970’s Iran Marjane 'Marji' watches through her young eyes the events leading to the hated Shah’s defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. As Marji grows up, she witnesses how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny of its own. As Marji dangerously refuses to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to study for a better life. But this change of culture proves equally difficult with many profound disappointments. Marji returns home to find that both she and her homeland have changed too much and she must decide where she truly belongs.
